Hi Ram,
If I am not wrong then almost all the websites we deal with for Online purchase are either B2C or C2C, so vulenrability is higher than as compared to B2B or B2P etc.

Ebay.com has payment method through paypal, which is safe, do we have anykind of payment mode in india? I suppose no whatever other mdeiums of fund transfer such as e-transfer, wire transfer are not so safe because if we deposit the money there is now way we can get it back.

And can you explain about the virtual cash? And its availabilty and usgae in India.

Abhishek - you may go through the link in my Jan 12th post in this thread to understand how this works.

Just wanted to add my 2 cents (it is probably worth quite a bit less). I agree with the comments by Madan and others on the lack of protection that one faces in online purchases in India. However, as of right now I think (and i realize this is probably going to invite some flames) there is a cultural difference that exists between India and other (perhaps more developed) markets. It almost seems like not being very careful about the truth (lying ?) is condoned in most aspects of life. To give you an example I have ordered many thousands of rupees worth of ferts, plants, CO2 equipment from Singapore and HongKong in the last 6 months or so. There have been dead on arrival plants and broken fert bottles in the process but each time the seller made me whole by reshipping (in one case multiple times) the product till I got it right.
Contrast this with local shippers and the multitude of comments I see about 'in stock but delayed', 'broken in transit' etc. Add on to my own experience when I bought or shipped small (low value) plant bulbs etc. to folks from IAH and have received multiple promises of money to be paid back (if I paid too much) - not paid, items to be returned (wrong item shipped) and not returned (even after offering to pay the person shipping). Granted I havent lost much money - most of it was in the two digit rupee range but it is just the principle isnt it? It seems to me that deceit and lying occurs all over the globe - we just seem to accept it more in day to day life?

My general feel is that the online reputation maintenance system in Ebay is perhaps the greatest incentive to keep folks honest. I use it extensively - perhaps something like that would be really useful in India. While ebay.in exists - it does not seem to be as successful?

Anyhow - dont mean to step on anyones toes. No offense meant! Hopefully none taken
Best

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